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Hannah Mitchell-Harrison on Diversifying Your Work Portfolio

Hannah Mitchell-Harrison on Diversifying Your Work Portfolio

Three easy steps to think more broadly about your music career and earning potential Read more

Published: 2nd February, 2022

Updated: 12th October, 2023

Author: Kate Blackstone

Guest blog: 'Jack of all Trades, Master of Some' Top tips to transform yourself from a generalist into a specialist

Guest blog: 'Jack of all Trades, Master of Some' Top tips to transform yourself from a generalist into a specialist

Tips to help you find your niche as a freelance classical musician, with oboist turned vocal coach and musical director George Strickland. Read more

Published: 1st February, 2022

Updated: 12th October, 2023

Ten tips for fine-tuning your biography

Ten tips for fine-tuning your biography

A biography forms an essential part of your website, publicity materials and audition or funding applications, but it’s not always easy to get the content and tone right. Here are YCAT’s top ten tips for writing informatively and engagingly. Read more

Published: 25th February, 2020

Updated: 27th August, 2023

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  • Wigmore Lunchtime Concert Series

    Wigmore Lunchtime Concert Series

    Join violinist Charlotte Saluste-Bridoux and Pianist Joseph Havlat for an afternoon filled with Szymanowski, Poulenc and Schubert as part of the YCAT Wigmore Lunchtime series.

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  • Charlotte Saluste-Bridoux

    Charlotte Saluste-Bridoux

    Charlotte was a prize-winner at the 2021 YCAT International Auditions, in partnership with Concert Artists Guild (New York). In 2022, Champs Hill Records released her debut album of solo violin music. 'This sensitively recorded debut presents an artist with something of her own to say, and something worth hearing …' Gramophone/ Champs Hill Records Ostinata / June 2022

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    Founded in 1984, the Young Classical Artists Trust (YCAT) supports the early careers of musicians so they can go on to move generations of audiences around the world with their talent.

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    Ariel Lanyi

    In 2023, Ariel was honored to receive the Prix Serdang, a Swiss prize awarded by the distinguished Austrian pianist Rudolf Buchbinder. He was also nominated as a Rising Star Artist by Classic FM in the same year. Prior to this Ariel won 3rd Prize at the 2021 Leeds International Piano Competition, performing Brahms Concerto No. 2 with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Andrew Manze in the Finals.

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    Armand Djikoloum

    Nominated as a 2022 Rising Star Artist by Classic FM, Armand was a prizewinner at the YCAT 2021 International Auditions.

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